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Jesse A.M. Ballenger Dalton Settlement in the Arkoma Basin of Eastern Oklahoma

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Dalton Settlement in the Arkoma Basin of Eastern Oklahoma
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Jesse A.M. Ballenger
Abstract

This study examines Dalton adaptations in the Arkoma Basin of eastern Oklahoma. Recognized by their distinctive bifaces, Dalton groups were hunter-gatherers who flourished in the Eastern Woodlands and Midwest between 9,900 and 10,500 radiocarbon years ago (Goodyear 1982). This study aims to supplement a growing body of Dalton research by exploring the settlement mobility of Dalton groups in the early Holocene prairie of eastern Oklahoma.